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[from the press release of 6 September 2018]

International design leader Lemay, interdisciplinary artist Angela Silver (Course Lecturer at the Peter Guo-hua School of Architecture), and SNC-Lavalin are the proud laureates of Montreal鈥檚 anonymous International Multidisciplinary Landscape Architecture Competition to design the city鈥檚 new Place des Montr茅alaises, a vast public space in the Champ-de-Mars sector to honour 21 Montreal women who have shaped the city.

Lemay鈥檚 proposal stood out with its inclined plane connecting the top and bottom of the city, a grand gesture in response to the surrounding monumental landscape and institutions: the historic Champ-de-Mars, the new CHUM superhospital, Montreal City Hall, and the municipal courthouse, among others. This suspended architectural piece becomes a floating flowery meadow, with integrated stairs inscribed with the names of 21 historic Montreal women: an intimate and evocative space. The meadow itself is a huge bouquet of 21 varieties of plants that will flower in sequence, constantly evolving in memory of les Montr茅alaises.

鈥淭he inclined plane is (also) important because it allows us to repair the fracture in the cityscape left by the Ville-Marie Expressway when it was built,鈥� said Lyndsay Daudier, a member of the selection committee and the Conseil des Montr茅alaises, referring to the sunken east-west highway that separated Old Montreal from its downtown counterpart for decades. Recently reconfigured into a tunnel on top of which the new public space will take shape, the covered thoroughfare and its inclined plane will make it possible to walk directly from the Old Port to downtown through a succession of momentous public places.

鈥淟emay has reached the next level of design excellence with this anonymous, open, international design competition,鈥� said Andrew King (Adjunct Professor at the Peter Guo-hua School of Architecture), Lemay partner and design principal. 鈥淭his is a truly transdisciplinary project, where all disciplines involved sat down together from the very beginning,鈥� he said, referring to his close collaboration with Ms. Lussier, Ms. Silver, and their diverse team, to produce a seamless design experience that then drew on SNC-Lavalin鈥檚 in-depth knowledge of the expressway and its new covering.

Landscape architect Patricia Lussier said the multifaceted team 鈥渄esigned the public space to be a multifunctional canvas for Montrealers to make their own.鈥� For instance, 鈥淭he stairs offer users the opportunity to actually sit with women being memorialized,鈥� she said, referring to the integrated staircase鈥檚 inviting seating and the names of the individual women engraved on it.

What鈥檚 more, said project partner Ms. Silver, 鈥淭he tribute to the 21 women permeates the entire site, from their names inscribed physically on the steps to the architectural objects of memory, from the commemorative ascension sequence to the 21 varieties of plants in the meadow.鈥�

Users of Place des Montr茅alaises will discover four distinct public spaces: one in each corner of the site. There will be an urban amphitheatre along Saint-Antoine St., while a multifunctional esplanade will be built along H么tel-de-Ville Ave. on Viger St., a forest will serve as a metro entrance for pedestrians, with foliage evoking Mount Royal鈥檚 emblematic trees. Finally, a major urban axis will connect Gosford and Sanguinet Sts. in front of the CHUM Research Centre. The design for the Place des Montr茅alaises will be conscientiously woven into the city鈥檚 urban and monumental fabric, its every thoughtful detail embodying the importance of women to the city's history.

Course lecturers at the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture Jeffrey Ma (M.Arch. 2010) and Theodore Oyama (M.Arch. 2016) contributed to the next-level design for the Place des Montr茅alaises competition.